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SPECIAL MEETING, MAY 7, 1926. "17
A special meeting of the Board of Sele tmen was held in the
Selectmen' s Room Town Hall, Lexington, on Friday, May 7, 1926, at
5 P.M. Messrs.Roam,
Burnham, Miles, and Robertson were present,
the Superintendent of Public Works and the clerk were also present.
Mr. Drew, President of the Middlesex & Boston St. Ry. Co.,
Mr. Hanson, General Manager, and Mr. Griffin, Superintendent of the
local division, came before the Board to discuss the problem of
transportation.
They gave statements as to the number of passengers carried on
thezones from Arlington Heights to Concord. They made statements in
regard to the reliability of the Lovell Bus Line, Inc. to give
service on the State Road and make it pay. They felt that there wee
something underlying his proposition.
The substance of their proposition' to the Board wee that they
would rather not give any service on the State Road. They could not
give hourly service from Concord to Arlington Heights. They were
willing to cooperate and give some service to the people of the vicinity
of the State Road, but they suggested their trips from Arlington Heights
to Lexington Center thence over Waltham Street to the State Road and
up the State Road to Five Forks corner giving service in the morning
and evening and, if necessary, through the day. They also felt they
could make connection with the Lovell Bus in Concord.
The Bdecided to take up the matter at their meeting on Tuesday
evening, May 11 .
Meeting adjourned at 7 :15 P.M.
A true record, Attest;
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